Elastic mailed sleeve for tires



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Beit linoivnthat' l, JosEPH Nowiiixovvsir,

(lolisli, at present a subject of Germany, but have declared my intenticntol become a citizen of the United States,) etroit, county of Wayne, State of'ldicliiM gan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Elastic Mailed Sleeves for T'res, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as Will enable others skilled .in tlie art to whichv it pertains to make use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings-Which form 'a part .oil this specii'ication.

This invention-V relates to an, elastic mailed sleeve for tires, shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly described in the following specification and claims.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an inner elastic protective' sleeve or slice adapted to be casing of a pneumatic tire to Ainclose tbe in :oer tube to protect it from puncture. The shoe is-constructed of elastic webbing and Josera srcwerzowsiir cri isis'rao'ir, .refiera-'remi'.

Specification ofletter 'estimamos' sied may 'sa ie el residing at l lodged itlein the' outer shaped to conform to the inner tube land is .provided with relatively small overlapping.

concave metallic scales or plates, secured at one of their edgesto the webbing, the free edges of each plate overlappinglike adjacent. plates, whichV togetlierform a protective metallic flexible covering viol' the inner tube that 'the latter may be insured against puncture.v

With lthe foregoing andl other objects in view which will appear as this description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination-and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described .and` claimed, it being understood that changes may. be made in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed Without departing from the spirit oi the same.

In the accompanying drawings Eigene l is a perspective view ci? an elastic innerslioe formed of webbing inclosing strands 'of rubber, a4 portion being breiten` away to indicate its construction,

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view show ing the application of a few of the rela-- tively small overlapping metallic plates scales -attached to the elastic Webbing- Fig. 3 is a perspective view or" tbe protecN tive shoe as it would appear when com pleated.`

Eriesrro Martiri' `sniiave inner tube of a pneumatic tire.

'Fig'. b is ai, similar crosse-ec showing a ,modiiica sleeve in which tlie scales are carried down on the sides ot' the tubeto a greater extent than is shown the preceding vievv. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one ci? tlie concave scales, or plates.-

eier-ring ncvv to the letters ci reference placed upon the dravvings,-

A, denotes anv annular ring or sleeve, -irorroed of ai'voven strip, or vvebbingin tlic Wall 'of which is embedded strands of rubber The ring or sleeve A., is divided along its inner periphery to receive tlie inner tube C.

are relatively small metallic plates Vor scales arranged lengthwise in abutting rela tion. to' eacii other, in rows arranged transversely the annular sleeve A, and secured along,r one ci" their edges to said sleeve, tlie free edges ci the scales being arranged 'to overlap tbe edges oi' like adjacent scales secured to tire sleeve. The rows of diiferent lengths and arranged in alternating relation so that their opposite ends will be eqnidistant from the opening along the iin-- nerperipbery of tile sleeve L.

' The scales may be secured to the slice along; the line of the tread oit tire tire, as shown 1n Fig, 4, and they may be carried down the sides of the Sleeve as voindicatori in Fig. 5, desired. The scales may be eitlicrv riveted, served or otherwise secured tothe sleeve.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: l

ln a devi a circumferential continuous annular sleeve oiv substantially uniform' thickness through-- out formed of elastic Woven webbing and open at its inner periphery to receive ato inner tube and completely incasing tire sance,

'f ci substantially rectangular rela ari concave metallic plates b rig o:

said rows ce1, z A e' and. having' il ende equidi tbe. said openingof tee ianer periphery ci? the elastic sleeve and the plates of eaco row tlieir ends abutting relatioiiand tbe vsaid plates overlapping tlie plates of the adjacent rows, and means located adiaeeiit f: *be ple. located with Fig' ,4 'is a cross-sectionai vievv through an outer casing', the protective shoe, and the,

u tional vievv 1 tion oi the protective ce of the character described,

seid means being in transverse elinement and the opposite edges of the plates being free yand the said overlapped rela-tion with the.

eti' the dj aeent rowsf mi aimor for the inner tubes of pneu tiies, Comprising en annulmsleeve of eestic'wehhing completely inciosi'ng .the innei' tube, e piura-hty of transverse rows of elongated plates applied to the Sleeve, each pla-te of ech row extending lengthwise in a infect-loir tans'vei'eey of the sleeve and Aprovided' 1st-n e, pair of ieiettvey spaced openv new me of its side edges, and elements piet-esto the sleeve, said; attaching` located Wholly within the contour of the 15 plates 'and passing through said openings to ,secure the plates to the sleeve, the plates of each row having' their adjacent end edges arranged' in abutting rehttion and the free sides of the plates of one row overlapping 20 the attached sides of the plates ofthe adje-- cent row.

In testimony whereof I sign this' specifica- 

